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Proteome landscape of B-cell malignancies identifies mantle cell lymphoma protein signature

Swenson, S. A.; Winship, C. B.; Dobish, K. K.; Wittorf, K. J.; Law, H. C.; Vose, J. M.; Greiner, T.; Green, M. R.; Woods, N. T. R.; Buckley, S. M.

2026-03-05 cancer biology
10.64898/2026.03.02.709116 bioRxiv
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is one of the deadliest forms of Non-Hodgkins B-cell lymphoma. Typically, patients present with both overexpression of CyclinD1 and secondary mutations identified by genomic sequencing. Although MCL patients may initially respond to treatment, they eventually relapse and succumb to disease, highlighting the essential need to identify new targets for treatment. Here we performed proteomic profiling of healthy B cells and three different forms of B-cell malignancies, including MCL, to define the proteomic signature of MCL. We compared the proteome of each to MCL and identified 10 proteins that are specifically upregulated in MCL. Of these 10 proteins, seven of them show no transcriptional changes and have been overlooked by conventional RNA expression analysis. Further analysis of the proteomic signature reveals potential avenues for dual targeting in CAR T-cell therapy and provides guidance for personalized therapeutics based on protein expression. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCEWe present a resource defining the protein landscape of MCL, CLL, and FL as compared to healthy b cells identified utilizing quantitative proteomics from primary patient samples. Applied to MCL, our results identify 10 proteins specifically upregulated in MCL that may prove to be therapeutic targets to treat the disease.

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